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Both AT (TOW) Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division and AT (TOW) Company, 3rd Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division engaged Iraqi tanks with TOW missiles in their M1045/M1046 HMMWVs. These vehicles were configured with a roof-mounted TOW launcher and carried six rounds in the cargo compartment with an additional round in the tube.
A Bradley firing a TOW missile. An M240C medium machine gun is mounted coaxially to the M242, with 2,200 rounds of 7.62×51mm ammunition. For engaging heavier targets, such as acting as an anti-tank gun, the Bradley carries a TOW missile system. This was modified to fire TOW II missiles from the M2A1 model onward.
BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile Elevation, main gun +59° −9°, M2 +57° −9°, M2A1 +57° −9° Traverse rate 6 seconds/360° Elevation rate 60°/second Main gun ammo 900 rounds, 5 TOW or Dragon missiles + 2 in launcher 900 rounds, 5 TOW 2 or Dragon missiles + 2 in launcher 900 rounds, 5 missiles (incl. TOW 2 & up to 2 Javelin) + 2 in launcher
For example the 150 mm diameter warhead of the newer BGM-71 TOW (TOW 2) reaches a peak penetration of ~1000 mm RHA at 6.5x diameter (~1 m) and is down to ~500 mm RHA penetration at 19x diameter (~2.8 m). An important factor in the penetration performance of a HEAT round is the diameter of the warhead.
Missile components A Javelin fired by a U.S. soldier in Jordan during Eager Lion, 2019. The Javelin missile's tandem warhead is a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) type. [11] This round utilizes an explosive shaped charge to create a stream of superplastically deformed metal, formed from trumpet-shaped metallic liners. The result is a narrow high ...
A LAV-AT with the 901A1 TOW-2 in 1997. LAV-AT (Anti-Tank) LAV fitted with an Emerson 901A1 TOW-2 anti-tank guided missile launcher, the same turret that was fitted on the M901 ITV. It is also armed with a pintle-mounted M240E1 or M240B general-purpose machine gun. It carries a total of 16 TOW missiles and 1,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition.
Missile round: 14 kg (30 lb 14 oz) ... Upgrade of 60 Wiesel 1 TOW that were equipped with the BGM-71 TOW missile to a new standard which integrates the MELLS missile ...
A complete M220-series TOW weapon system stowed and strapped in fixed mounting brackets. The day sight tracker and night sight (AN/TAS-4 [1] or AN/TAS-4a) are mounted in a ready state at the head of the turret. The missile guidance system is also connected at the base of the turret. M243 smoke grenade launchers.